Malaysia Case Law: Decisions & Judgments

Topic

Licensing conditions

Legal area

Court

29 Mar 2024

CLASSIC PALM OIL MILL SDN BHD

Citation

NA-63ES-14-04/2021 (Mahkamah Sesyen)
Court

Sessions Court
Case number

NA-63ES-14-04/2021 (Mahkamah Sesyen)

Court found prosecution proved beyond reasonable doubt that the Smoke Density Meter was non-functional for extended periods without notification, that performance monitoring records were absent, that Ringelmann observations demonstrated aggregate exceedance (36.25 minutes) above permitted Ringelmann No.2 allowance, and that a new decanter dryer was installed without prior written notification; these facts satisfied offences under Regulations 5(1)(d), 8, 9(b) of the Air Quality Regulations 2014 and section 16(1) of the Environmental Quality Act 1974 and warranted conviction and fines as impose…
16 Dec 2021

TAMAN BUAYA LANGKAWI SDN BHD

Citation

B-09-8-01/2020 (Mahkamah Rayuan)
Court

Court of Appeal
Case number

B-09-8-01/2020 (Mahkamah Rayuan)

Section 14 independently empowers the licensing officer to impose conditions on a licence at the time of grant without requirement of gazettement under s35; s35 addresses general policy conditions requiring Gazette publication, so Condition No.10 validly imposed under s14 and the charge is not groundless.
28 Jul 2021

1. TAN BUN TEET 2. ISMAIL BIN ABU BAKAR 3. PONUSAMY A/L GOVINDASAMY TUN DR MAHATHIR BIN MOHAMED, PERDANA MENTERI MALAYSIA & 30 YANG LAIN

Citation

WA-25-508-11/2019 (Mahkamah Tinggi)
Court

High Court
Case number

WA-25-508-11/2019 (Mahkamah Tinggi)

The court found the 15.8.2019 reversal on pre-conditions was the Minister's decision made pursuant to section 32(5) AELA (not a Cabinet exercise of the appeal power); subsection 32(5) contains an ouster clause rendering the Minister's order final and not amenable to judicial review; accordingly the judicial review application was dismissed.

Malaysia Case Law

CLASSIC PALM OIL MILL SDN BHD

TAMAN BUAYA LANGKAWI SDN BHD

1. TAN BUN TEET 2. ISMAIL BIN ABU BAKAR 3. PONUSAMY A/L GOVINDASAMY TUN DR MAHATHIR BIN MOHAMED, PERDANA MENTERI MALAYSIA & 30 YANG LAIN